Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Using Graphic Novels With Children and Teens
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Using Graphic Novels with Children and Teens: A Guide for Teachers and Librarians" by Jeff Smith. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Othello, a Novel
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Othello, a Novel" by Julius Lester. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
Scholastic
Scholastic: Discussion Guide: Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic Booktalk
Scholastic presents this discussion guide of "Distant Waves: A Novel of the Titanic" by Suzanne Weyn. The guide includes discussion questions, extension activities, and more.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Ethan Frome" Study Guide [Pdf]
This study guide for Edith Wharton's "Ethan Frome" provides pre-reading material (author biography, novel setting, vocabulary lists), brainstorming activities, and writing prompts. Students who have completed reading the novel can...
Other
Paul Yee: 'Breakaway' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his novel "Breakaway" provides a summary of the novel, discussion questions and classroom activities. The novel explores issues faced by Chinese Canadian immigrants as they deal with racism...
Other
Paul Yee: 'The Bone Collector's Boy' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
This teaching guide provided by Paul Yee for his novel "The Bone Collector's Boy" provides a summary of the novel, discussion questions and classroom activities. The novel explores some tough issues faced by Chinese Canadian immigrants...
Books in the Classroom
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site: Walk Two Moons
Discussion question, a lesson plan, and links to related resources for teaching students reading "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "A Separate Peace" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore the novel "A Separate Peace," by John Knowles, with the help of this study guide, useful for all stages of the reading process. Complete with pre-reading material, including author biography, novel introduction, discussion...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "High Elk's Treasure" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore the novel "High Elk's Treasure," by Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, with the help of this study guide, useful for all stages of the reading process. Complete with pre-reading material, including author biography, novel introduction,...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "The Yearling" Study Guide [Pdf]
Before delving into "The Yearling," check out a biography of author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, an introduction to the novel, and pre-reading activities and discussion questions. While reading, participate in "Active Reading" diagramming...
Scholastic
Scholastic Discussion Guides: Dear America
Good for classrooms and book groups, this site offers background, summary, discussion topics and questions, as well as activities. There's also an interview with the author.
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Literature Library: "Pride and Prejudice" Study Guide [Pdf]
Explore Jane Austen's "Pride and Prejudice" with the help of pre-reading questions, vocabulary, brainstorming activities, and writing prompts that ask you to think about plot, character, and theme, and to make connections to other pieces...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: Study Guide for Johnny Tremain [Pdf]
This twenty-two page study guide provides biographical information on author Esther Forbes, an introduction to "Johnny Tremain," and activities to accompany a reading of this historical novel. Includes pre-reading activities, reading...
Other
Study Guide for the Novel: "Number the Stars"
This site a sixth grade teacher offers this collection of discussion/study questions and classroom activities.
Discovery Education
Discovery Education: The Great Gatsby
Very detailed lesson plans for teaching the novel. Includes audio links for the pronunciation of vocabulary words, discussion questions, and classroom activities.
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Archipelago' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Archipelago", a novel by David Ward set in the Queen Charlotte Islands in British Columbia, follows a boy who is transported to prehistoric times and must learn to survive there. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Dooley Takes the Fall' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Dooley Takes the Fall", a mystery novel by Canadian author Norah McClintock for grade nine and up, is about a boy who has made some mistakes in the past. He becomes a suspect after he witnesses a boy jumping off a bridge and has to...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'How to Make a Wave' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"How to Make a Wave", a novel by Lisa Hurst-Archer, is about an adolescent girl struggling to come to terms with a scar on her face and the absence of her mother. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Greener Grass' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Greener Grass" an historical novel by Canadian author Caroline Pignat, is set in Ireland, follows a family's struggle to survive after a potato blight hits their crop and famine comes. The family has many trials along the way. This...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'The Countess and Me' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"The Countess and Me", a novel by Canadian author Paul Kropp for grades seven to nine, deals with the struggle of a thirteen-year-old boy to gain acceptance from his peers who belong to a gang. He juggles this with his feelings towards...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'A Company of Fools' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"A Company of Fools", a novel by Deborah Ellis, is set in Paris during the year of the plague. It follows the friendship of two orphaned boys living at an abbey. This extensive teacher's guide includes chapter summaries with accompanying...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: To Kill a Mockingbird Teacher's Guide
This is a complete study guide for the novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee including chapter-by-chapter guided reading questions (aligned to specific Common Core Standards), discussion questions, various writing prompts, and...
Other
Fitzhenry and Whiteside: 'Egghead' Teaching Guide [Pdf]
"Egghead", a novel by Caroline Pignat, explores the impact of bullying in the lives of teens. The reader sees the bullying situations through several characters' eyes - the bullied, a bystander and a bully. This extensive teacher's guide...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Their Eyes Were Watching God
This video [4:00] from the American Masters film Zora Neale Hurston: Jump at the Sun examines Zora Neale Hurston and her famous novel "Their Eyes Were Watching God." In this resource, students delve into the novel's title in greater...